Imitation fur and method of producing the same



F. STOLZEN BERG IMITATION FUR AND METHOD OF PRODUCING THE SAME Filed Aug. 28, 1 4

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FRITZ STODLZENBERG, 0F .SHELTON, CONNECTICUT, ASSIGNOB T0 SIDNEY BLUMEN- TEAL & COMPANY, INC., OF NEW YORK, N. Y., A CORPORATION 015 NEW YORK.

HEITATION FUR AND METHOD OF PRODUCING- IHE SABER.

Application filed August 28, 1924. Serial No. 734,745.

To all wiwm it may concern;

Be it known that I, FRITZ STOLZENBERG, a citizen of the United States, and resident of Shelton, in the county of Fairfield and State of Connecticut, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Imitation Fur and Methods of Producing the Same, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to imitation fur and the method of producing the same, and. has for an object to provide an article which is an imitation of a plurality of fur pelts S81 cured together.

cle which is actually formed in a continuous sheet and yet gives the appearance of a number of separate skins or pelts.

A further object is to provide such an article which includes suitable marking in imitation of the characteristic marking of the animal the fur of which it is intended to represent. a

Another object consists in providing such an article which imitates the well known fur blankets or large sections of pelts sewed together, which fur blankets are commonly ,merchandized for the manufacturing of fur garments.

Another object consists inproviding a novel method of producing an article having the above named characteristics, with the fur hairs firmly embodied in the back but independently proj ectinig" therefrom as animal hairs from the skin;

A further object consists in providing ,certain improvements in the material, ar-

rangement and steps followed in the meth- 0d, whereby the above named and other objects may efi'ectively be attained.

A practical embodiment of my invention is represented in the-accompanying drawings, .in which- R Fig- 1 represents afplan view of a section of material made according to the invention and, 1

Fig. 2 represents a transverse section, on an enlarged scale, of the same.

As is well known, many of the handsomest fur garments are com osed of a considerable number of anima pelts which are appropriately arranged according to their marking and other characteristics, and sewed together in order to give a very beautiful efiect to the garment, which is due large- 1y to the arrangement of the individual pelts with respect to each other. This custom is also fol owed in manufacturing the well known fur blankets which blankets are provided by the manufacturer to the furrier or a genuine article. Another object is to provide such an artilln carrying out my invention, T have a suitable pile fabric woven 1n the customary manner. This pile fabric may have, for instance; a cotton base or back, and the pile may, for instance, be composed of fiber silk such as that which is commonly called Ra.-

yon.

Care should be taken to select fiber for the pile which is adapted to imitate the outstanding characteristics of the fur being copied, and particular care should be exercised in predetermining the length and thickness, or density, of the pile ,for this reason.

After the materials have been selected and the fabric woven, a number of designs representing the characteristic markings of the animal the fur of which is'being imitated are printed directly upon the pile, and care should be taken to arrange these designs in a somewhat artistic and attractive manner in line with the skill and taste commonly employed by the manufacturer of fur blankets or garments.

I have found that a convenient way of printing these designs on the pile fabric is to have suitable wooden blocks, rollers or the like manufactured and to print with ink on the pile by use of the said blocks, rollers or thelike. that other methods of printing may be employed without departing from the spirit of I my invention.

After the designs have been imparted to the pile, it is laid on a surface and then sub jected to treatment by a whirring process for the purpose of producing certain lines of demarcation between the various printed designs, which lines are established by interrupting or disturbing the smooth continuous lay and sheen characteristic of the' pile.

This whirring process as applied in carry- It will bev evident however,

1y resembles ing out my invention may consist in taking the whirring device or tool, which includes a rotating element, and manually applying this rotating element directly to the pile, moving the same, as it rotates, along etween the various designs printed on the piece. This operation serves to depress the pile in certain places and also to change its lay or slant so that the various threads composing the pile along certain lines will be .more erect than their neighbors or will slant in a direction different from the slant or lay of their neighbors.

The result of the whirring treatment is thus to make an impression on the pile, intermediate the various designs, that closes the appearance resulting from sewing the edges of a number of animal pelts together.

This whirring treatment also gives a wavy appearance to the pile and, by interrupting the slant of its lay, varies the effect pro; duced upon the eye in regard to the sheen, so that the result 'is very beautiful.

After the whirring process is finished the article is completed and may besold as a fur blanket or directly employed in the manufacture of garments, as desired.

In the accompanying drawing, the base or back is denoted by 1; the pile in general by 2; the designs printed thereon by 3; and the marking formed by the whirring process, by 4. It will be noted, in the present instance, themarking is calculated to imitate that of a chipmunk.

While I have, for the purpose of clearness, recited, in the above description, certain specific materials and a certain specifi'c design, as well as a certain method of printing the design on the material, it will be realized that the invention may also be car- ,ried out by changing all these features, and I therefore desire it to be understood that various changes may be resorted to in the following steps,

described, except as they are included in the claims.

What I claim is 1. A method of producing an imitation of a fur blanket composed of a plurality of pelts sewed together, which includes the providing a pile fabric; imparting a plurality of designs to the pile; and disturbin the pile intermediate the designs by app ying a whirring instrument thereto.

2. A method of producing an imitationv of a fur blanket composed of a plurality of pelts sewed together, which includes the following steps, providing a pile fabric; imparting a plurality of designs to the pile; and disturbing the pile intermediate the designs by manually applying a whirring instrument thereto.

3. A mehod of producintg an imitation of a fur blanket composed of a plurality of pelts sewed together, which includes the following steps, providing a pile fabric; printing a lurality of designs on the pile; and disturbin the pile intermediate the designs by app ying a whirring instrument thereto.

4. A method of producing an imitation of a fur blanket composed of a plurality of pelts sewed together, which includes the following'steps, providing a pile. fabric; printinga plurality of designs on the pile; and disturblng the pile intermediate the designs by manually applying a whirring in.- strument thereto.

. In testimony, that I claim the foregoing as my invent on, IV have signed my name this 14th day of August, 1924.

FRITZ STOLZENBERG. 

